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The first commercially successful barbed wire was patented by an American farmer on Nov. 24, 1874. Joseph Farwell Glidden invented the effective product.
DeKALB – Sitting on a park bench in Memorial Park, Stephen J. Bigolin thinks about his birthday. While he’s celebrated many in his time, his 74th will have a special ring for years, knowing that every birthday after will be celebrated by not only his friends but also by the entire city of DeKalb. One.
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As the holiday season spurs into action, a local museum put up its Christmas decorations and rang in the holiday cheer this weekend. The Ellwood House Museum, 420 Linden Place, hosted its annual Holiday Event Weekend on Dec. 2. Changing its interior design from the standard late-1800s decor that it usually has, the museum dolled.